Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

All IHBC members are invited to apply for membership of the IHBC’s Consultations Panel.

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading →

Colouring London, an online mapping platform that collects data on the characteristics and history of London’s buildings, says to HBC members: ‘We would love your help colouring in our maps.

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Dezeen on the Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in … Continue reading →

Nottingham’s Castle Meadow office buildings, which were occupied by around 2,000 HM Revenue & Customs workers until 2021, have been Grade II-listed by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, reports Nottinghamshire Live. image for illustration: Castle Meadow Business Park … Continue reading →

Council planners have upheld a previous decision to refuse permission to build four mews properties in North Kelvinside over the impact it would have on neighbours, reports Glasgow Live. image for illustration: M J Richardson / Queen Margaret Drive from near Queen … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s online archive of our in-house journal Context has seen its biggest upgrade in recent years, with the rescanning of Issues 1-73 – from February 1983 to March 2002 – to make them fully searchable online as ‘FlippingBooks’.

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August 2023, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 31 August 2022 OR 31 August 2023 –submit it online … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading →

In its Programme for Government (2021-2026) the Welsh Government has set out its intention to designate a new National Park in North East Wales, based on the existing Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), with … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features is the call from a national institution … Continue reading →

US First Lady Jill Biden travelled to France to speak at an event to mark the United States rejoining a United Nations-led education group, the White House said, as reported by The Hill.

The next schedule of planned themes for the IHBC’s Context, our in-house journal, has been posted, covering wide-ranging issues including Glass; Buildings in the countryside; Built & natural environment interface; Urban housing and Heating & ventilation.

The results of the Participation Survey, covering the period from October 2021 to March 2022 have been published.

Experts at the University of Stirling are calling for the arts and culture to be prioritised in funding decisions after new research showed the significance of cultural hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Illustration: Artist’s impression of Creative Stirling and the … Continue reading →

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s notice on European heritage awards … Continue reading →

Landmark Glasgow buildings such as the Kelvin Hall, Emirates Arena and Royal Concert Hall have been earmarked for inclusion in a solar panel scheme that could save an estimated £750,000 in energy costs per year. image: Glasgow City Council website

With more than 5000 copies of the IHBC’s 2023 Yearbook in circulation and offering even more dimensions to our #IHBCSwansea2023 School – ‘Climate Change and the Historic environment’ – England’s Minister for Arts and Heritage Lord Parkinson concludes his foreword … Continue reading →

The IHBC-supported, UK-wide All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for ‘Conservation, Places and People’ has offered condolences to the family of the late Lord ‘Bob’ Kerslake, its former vice chair, both in writing and in person at its recent Parliamentary briefing, … Continue reading →

Proctor & Shaw’s plans to knock down a house in south-west London, designed by post-war architect Eric Lyons, have been approved on appeal.

An article in Harvard Magazine explores how financial markets have already begun to price in the probability of climate disasters, making future adaptation efforts more expensive and driving inequity. image: for illustration

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features is the call from a Welsh Council … Continue reading →

E.W. Pugin’s Grade II* chapel at the former seminary of Ushaw College, near Durham, has been badly damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack, with the Junior House has also suffering damage, reports The Tablet. Photo: The Tablet –  … Continue reading →

IHBC’s July CPD Circular is now out, with low-cost training and upskilling opportunities – including our livestreamed 2023 School #IHBCSwansea2023 – to help guide on all IHBC-networked and noted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and more.

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